How many times has Phish played Good Times Bad Times?

Phish has performed "Good Times Bad Times" 231 times since December 6, 1986.

What is the longest version of Good Times Bad Times by Phish?

The longest version of "Good Times Bad Times" was 10:43 long, performed at Loring Commerce Centre in Limestone, ME on August 3, 2003.

When was the last time Phish played Good Times Bad Times?

Phish last played "Good Times Bad Times" on September 14, 2025. The current gap is 23 shows.

When did Phish first play Good Times Bad Times?

"Good Times Bad Times" debuted on December 6, 1986 at The Ranch in Shelburne, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Good Times Bad Times?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Good Times Bad Times" are: You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Possum, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove.

← BACK·SONGS·Good Times Bad Times

LIVE · 231 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Led Zeppelin

Good Times Bad Times

231 performances since 1986, with 205 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 81 on 1988-07-12.

DEBUT · 1986-12-06 · Shelburne·LAST · 2025-09-14 · Birmingham·LONGEST GAP · 71 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1986–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’86’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1988-07-12 · 81LONGEST · 10:43 · 2003-08-03SHORTEST · 1:30YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN205 OF 231 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 183 plays81

v2.02002–2004 · 5 plays50

v3.02009–2020 · 38 plays62

v4.02021–present · 5 plays60

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 205 · BY SCORE205 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0181#1 / 205Sam's TavernBurlington, VT · #2

1988-07-127:40

#0272#2 / 205Piazza RisorgimentoComo · #1

1997-07-059:55

#0371#3 / 205Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-06-218:08

#0468#4 / 205Aragon BallroomChicago, IL

1993-04-101:30

#0562#5 / 205Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2016-12-287:13

#0661#6 / 205Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-05-237:56

#0760#7 / 205Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL

2025-09-147:29

#0856#8 / 205The Capitol TheatrePort Chester, NY

1990-11-241:47

#0956#9 / 205Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville, IN

1997-08-1010:31

#1055#10 / 205Club BeneSayreville, NJ

1990-10-075:30

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0160#7 / 205Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL

2025-09-147:29

#0228#188 / 205Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2024-07-265:52

#0332#167 / 205Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-285:45

#0428#189 / 205Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2022-06-045:48

#0533#162 / 205Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2021-09-036:14

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS231

DEBUT1986

LAST2025

AVG LEN5:58

CHARTED2

GAP MAX71

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1986–2025 · 120 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE202 VERSIONS

10203040506070805m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (86)RANGE · 1–11m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2025

4:005:006:007:008:00

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE231 PLAYS

SET 1 · 28%SET 2 · 26%ENCORE · 42%

SET 1 64SET 2 61SET 3 8ENCORE 98

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE52

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE49

ENCORE133

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

1020304050

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT12 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY7 03The FrontBurlington · VT5 04The ParadiseBoston · MA4 05Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI3 06Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY34 02VT30

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself124 02Golgi Apparatus102 03Possum102 04Mike's Song94 05Weekapaug Groove88 06Suzy Greenberg79 07Bouncing Around the Room74 08The Lizards71 09Divided Sky70

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Ghost234

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN71 TOURS · 231 PLAYS · 231 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour3737Feb 8, 1990·Nov 28, 1990 021988 Tour2626Jan 27, 1988·Dec 10, 1988 031989 Tour2323Jan 26, 1989·Dec 15, 1989 041993 Winter/Spring Tour1111Feb 4, 1993·Apr 24, 1993 051991 Winter/Spring Tour99Feb 26, 1991·May 16, 1991 061994 Spring Tour88Apr 13, 1994·May 29, 1994 071987 Tour88Feb 13, 1987·Nov 18, 1987 081995 Fall Tour66Sep 30, 1995·Dec 15, 1995 091993 Summer Tour66Jul 17, 1993·Aug 25, 1993 101994 Fall Tour66Oct 12, 1994·Dec 10, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 126· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Good Times Bad Times

Cover of Led Zeppelin·debuted 12.06.86·The Ranch, Shelburne

231 PLAYS·205 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

81BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 231

07.12.88Sam's Tavern

Burlington, VT · 7:40

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Year by year34 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1986–2026v3.2

1988 · 80.8

'86'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 198826 VERS · BEST 80.8

By era4 ERAS · 231 PLAYS

1.0 · 1832.03.0 · 384.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS183

AVG · BEST39·81

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST43·50

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS38

AVG · BEST38·62

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST36·60

BEST VERSION→

Versions205 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.12.88 Sam's Tavern · Burlington, VTCHARTED

—7:4081 #02

07.05.97 Piazza Risorgimento · ComoCHARTED

—9:5572 #03

06.21.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—8:0871 #04

04.10.93 Aragon Ballroom · Chicago, IL

—1:3068 #05

12.28.16 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:1362 #06

05.23.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—7:5661 #07

09.14.25 Coca-Cola · Birmingham, AL

—7:2960 #08

11.24.90 The Capitol · Port Chester, NY

—1:4756 #09

08.10.97 Deer Creek Music · Noblesville, IN

—10:3156 #10

10.07.90 Club Bene · Sayreville, NJ

—5:3055

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS231across 4 eras

ANALYZED20589% of all

AVG DURATION5:582 charted

LONGEST10:4308.03.03 LORING COMMERCE

SHORTEST1:3004.10.93 ARAGON BALLROOM

LONGEST GAP71 SH.1998 → 1999

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT12.06.86SHELBURNE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1986–2025231 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'86'91'96'01'06'11'16'21'25

MAX · 9 /MO·TOTAL · 231

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS230 PERFS

LONGEST · 71 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE202 VERSIONS

1m11m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2025

SHORT · 3:32 · 1986·LONG · 8:38 · 1997

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX231 PLAYS

S1 28%S2 26%ENCORE 42%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE52

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE49

ENCORE133

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT231 PLAYS

85%

STOP · 27END · 197SEGUE · 2HARD · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT12 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY7 03The FrontBurlington · VT5 04The ParadiseBoston · MA4 05Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY34VT30MA21CA12CO9NC9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN25

MON17

TUE19

WED27

THU31

FRI50

SAT62

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.014.7%

v2.07.4%

v3.08.2%

v4.02.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself124 02Golgi Apparatus102 03Possum102 04Mike's Song94 05Weekapaug Groove88 06Suzy Greenberg79

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Ghost234 Funky Bitch238 Free239 Ya Mar239 Lawn Boy222 The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony220 Julius243 The Landlady216

By tour71 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS231 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 37 sh37 021988 Tour1988 · 26 sh26 031989 Tour1989 · 23 sh23 041993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 11 sh11 051991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 9 sh9 061994 Spring Tour1994 · 8 sh8 071987 Tour1987 · 8 sh8 081995 Fall Tour1995 · 6 sh6

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.05.97·Piazza Risorgimento · Como

Groovy version with a "Walk This Way" flavor and extended Trey shredding on the backend.

→CHRT#2

07.12.88·Sam's Tavern · Burlington

Loose jam that simmers in a slightly sinister way eventually winds back up for a big finish.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER GOOD TIMES BAD TIMESSWIPE →

33.33%Tweezer Reprise5× →→20%Fluffhead3× →→13.33%Skin It Back2× →→13.33%Contact2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE GOOD TIMES BAD TIMESSWIPE →

21.28%I Didn't Know10× ←→21.28%Hold Your Head Up10× ←→17.02%Amazing Grace8× ←→14.89%You Enjoy Myself7× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Pearl Street BallroomNORTHAMPTON, MA

PLAYSAVG343

43 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG1241

41 The ParadiseBOSTON, MA

PLAYSAVG439

39 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG739

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